You have seen Steve Newbold’s video and now he is going to share his tiny house story with us along with some great pictures of his build. I got the idea for the tiny house from Jay Shafer in mid 2007–by way of Oprah, who had a bit on Jay … Read more
I recently re-watched the movie, “The Station Agent”, and afterward began fantasizing of living in an old train depot. Finn (Peter Dinklage) is a man born with dwarfism who loves trains, and is willed an abandoned train depot by his elderly employer. I thought that a small, restored train depot … Read more
Yesterday, my wife and I took a picnic to the Helen Putnum Regional Park, located west of Petaluma, here in Northern California. We took a two mile hike through the oaks and along the way came to a pond that had this water tank beside it. I think it has … Read more
Summer Horton one of our readers pointed me to a cool book review by Kirkuss. I think this book might be a good read for all tiny house lovers. Here is the review: A restless city poet recounts her experiment with country living. The idea to swim against the “consumptive … Read more
My friend Michael Janzen who publishes the Tiny House Design blog just changed the look and feel of the his blog. The new design is based on a very simple and usable WordPress theme called QuickPress. Michael was wanting something that was easier to read, a subdued color palette, faster … Read more
Darrell pointed me to these modern Murphy beds that would work really great in a very small space. These are European designed, functional change furniture. They use a unique “intuitive Lift Mechanism” and are easy and safe to operate. They are made of strong metal and wood frames support a … Read more